At first, the 18th-century fortress island of Suomenlinna, just off the coast of Helsinki, Finland, seems an unlikely location for a cricket match. Certainly, the tourists ...
For anyone who has ever grumbled about the plodding pace of play in baseball, the Finnish version of the game offers something previously unimaginable: ...
Pesäpallo, a baseball-inspired sport with a few key differences, has been played in Finland since the 1920's. It features a zig-zag base pattern and a completely ...
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In case you haven't noticed, there is a sporting event being held besides baseball's dog days of August (hint: it's happening in London). For a brief time, baseball ...
The best athletes in the world have long competed for their countries in the Summer Olympics —even if some of their respective sports were rather bizarre...
Baseball's official historian, John Thorn, sets the record straight on the game's earliest days ... in the 1700s. Yes, that's right, baseball started decades before ...